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EDP reprograms itself tonight



I mentioned a few weeks back that my EDP had acted with a ‘mind of its own’—tonight, it outdid itself in a massive reprogramming that had me scrambling for any commands that would work during my first 15 minutes onstage. 

 

Basically, Record worked; then End Record would automatically activate Overdub with the red light NOT coming on.  To stop Overdub, I tapped the pedal and the light turned on, but overdubbing stopped.  I assume this is a mode in the manual.  I’ve always used a manual Overdub, not automatic.  I didn’t know it was possible to overdub with the red light off.

 

However, feedback was not controllable via the expression pedal, which had no effect whatsoever.  And since my feedback knob (which hasn’t been touched in years) was somewhere less than 100%, my basic loops faded out right away while uncommanded overdubs ruled the song.  I managed to get the feedback knob back up, ending the degradation of loops, and once I figured out the overdub red-light strategy, all seemed doable, at least.

 

Until I tried to multiply.  It showed the light, ran two or three multiples, then played back only the first loop with nothing overdubbed and no multiples.  So—no three-segment arrangements tonight…

 

However, and frustratingly, the undo button (which has been my main problem lately) worked like it was brand new.

 

Needless to say, the unit and instructions manual are spread out in my living room, ready for an all-night brainwashing session.  OPERATOR = CONFUSION.

 

dave